In 1950 fourteen C-47 Dakotas of the Oostelijke Verkennings en Transport Squadron (Easterly Reconnaisance and Transport Squadron) gained autonomy as vsq 8 at Biak. After independance of Indonesia the Dakotas were transferred to AURI and vsq 8 was disbanded. In March 1952 the unit was reformed at Valkenburg flying Mitchells and Sea Otters. In 1953 it became the first helicopter unit of the navy after accepting the sole S-51 and three S-55 in september. After the S-51 had been withdrawn in 1959 and one of the S-55 had crashed two Oh-23B Ravens were loaned from the Air Force. From early 1960 the first SH-34J came into service for duties on board of the aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (other sources mention 1963). Late 1968 the SH-34J was transferred to vsq 7 and vsq 8 was disbanded 
Locations | |
| Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
| 1952/68 | Valkenburg | EHVB |
| 1950 |  Biak/Frans Kaisiepo | WABB |
Models | Login to Edit | |
| Years | Models |
| 1960/68 | S-58 H-34 |
| 1959 | OH-23B |
| 1953/59 | S-51 / R-5 / H-5 |
| 1953/63 | S-55 H-19 |
Construction Numbers (Not all in this unit) | Help Us | |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
| 55-471 | HO4S-3 | 1953 | 076: reserialled 076, unk; wfu 11Dec63, preserved Lelystad, NL, Sep06. 076: |  133777: Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-471, ff:?; acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53; del USN as HO4S-3, 13...  076: on display at Aviodome Museum, Schipol by 1972 until at least 1978 as 076/V. | |||
| 55-472 | HO4S-3 | 1953 | 077: reserialled 077, unk; accident Noordwijk, w/o 27Feb62. 077: noted aboard HMNLS Karel Doorman in Netherlands New Guinea in 1960, named + | 133778: Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-472, ff:?; acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53; del USN as HO4S-3, 13... | |||
| 58-1597 | hss-1n | 1963 | 134: Sikorsky HSS-1N, c/n 58-1597, ff:?; reg Sikorsky as N266, unk; del Marine + 134: xfer Fokker School for restoration as UH-34J, 134, unk; pres Militair Luch+ 134: Map BuNo 150729. preserved museum Soesterberg | ||||
| 58-1611 | hss-1n | 1963 | 135: Sikorsky SH-34J, c/n 58-1611, ff:?; del Marine Luchtvaartdienst as 135, 28+ 135: MAP BuNo 149840 | ||||
| 58-1430 | hss-1n | 136: MAP BuNo 149841. 8 sqd. w/o near Noordwijk 17aug65 | |||||
| 58-1442 | hss-1n | 137: MLD type:UH-34J; Mar62 Active; Jun72 wfu 137: MAP BuNo 149842. to civ as N59333 | N59333: Carson ex 137; 1973 Active | ||||
| 58-1373 | hss-1n | 138: MLD type:UH-34J; Sep61 Active; Jun70 wfu 138: Map BuNo 149131. to civ as N59331 | N59331: Carson ex 138; 1971 Active | ||||
| 58-1374 | hss-1n | 139: Map BuNo 149132. w/o Moray Firth 25oct61 | |||||
| 58-1375 | hss-1n | 140: Map BuNo 149133. 8 sqd. w/o near Gibraltar 31jan63. | |||||
| 58-1145 | hss-1n | 1959 | 141: MAP BuNo 147631. 8 sqd 8-1. w/o 22sep65 | 147631: Sikorsky HSS-1N, c/n 58-1145, ff?; ordered by USN as 147631, MDAP for Netherlands Navy; del Neth MLD... | |||
| 58-1150 | hss-1n | 142: MLD type:UH-34J; Jan60 Active; Jun72 wfu 142: MAP BuNo 147632. 8 sqd 8-2. to civ as N59329 | N59329: Carson ex 142; 1973 active | ||||
 | 58-1153 | hss-1n | 143: MAP BuNo 147633. 8 sqd 8-3. preserved museum Seifertshofen | ||||
| 58-1158 | hss-1n | 144: MLD type:SH-34J; Jan60 active; Jun70 wfu 144: MAP BuNo 147634. 8 sqd 8-4. to civ as N59330 | N59330: CARSON ex 144; 1973 active | ||||
| 58-1160 | hss-1n | 145: MAP BuNo 147635. 8 sqd 8-5. w/o near Gibraltar 31jan63 | |||||
| 51-33 | s-51 | 8-1: NRN | |||||
| 55-471 | HO4S-3 | 1953 | 8-2: del Netherlands Kon Marine as 8-2, 09Sep53; named Salome, unk. | 133777: Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-471, ff:?; acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53; del USN as HO4S-3, 13... 076: on display at Aviodome Museum, Schipol by 1972 until at least 1978 as 076/V. | |||
| 55-472 | HO4S-3 | 1953 | 8-3: del Netherlands Kon Marine as 8-3, 09Sep53; named Cleopatra, unk. | 133778: Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-472, ff:?; acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53; del USN as HO4S-3, 13... | |||
| 55-473 | HO4S-3 | 1953 | 8-4: del Netherlands Kon Marine as 8-4, 09Sep53; named Delilah; accident Marsdi+ | 133779: Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-473, ff:?; acc BuAerRep (BAR) East Hartford, CT, 30Jun53; del USN as HO4S-3, 13... | |||
Operations | |
| Dates | Operation | |
| 01-feb-53 | 17-feb-53 | Operation WaNo |
